thanks james. i think i said before that the info was similar to yours but here's the decoder info from reaper prefs:
Code:
Current video frame: 720x480 'YV12 => RGBA' #0
Available decoder information:
========== VLC ==========
VLC v3.0.x
Loaded from: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/plugins
========== ffmpeg/libav ==========
ffmpeg/libav DLL decoder v57.107.100
Loaded from: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavcodec.so.57
ffmpeg/libav configuration:
--prefix=/usr
--extra-version=0ubuntu0.18.04.1
--toolchain=hardened
--libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
--incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu
--enable-gpl
--disable-stripping
--enable-avresample
--enable-avisynth
--enable-gnutls
--enable-ladspa
--enable-libass
--enable-libbluray
--enable-libbs2b
--enable-libcaca
--enable-libcdio
--enable-libflite
--enable-libfontconfig
--enable-libfreetype
--enable-libfribidi
--enable-libgme
--enable-libgsm
--enable-libmp3lame
--enable-libmysofa
--enable-libopenjpeg
--enable-libopenmpt
--enable-libopus
--enable-libpulse
--enable-librubberband
--enable-librsvg
--enable-libshine
--enable-libsnappy
--enable-libsoxr
--enable-libspeex
--enable-libssh
--enable-libtheora
--enable-libtwolame
--enable-libvorbis
--enable-libvpx
--enable-libwavpack
--enable-libwebp
--enable-libx265
--enable-libxml2
--enable-libxvid
--enable-libzmq
--enable-libzvbi
--enable-omx
--enable-openal
--enable-opengl
--enable-sdl2
--enable-libdc1394
--enable-libdrm
--enable-libiec61883
--enable-chromaprint
--enable-frei0r
--enable-libopencv
--enable-libx264
--enable-shared
--enable-version3
--disable-doc
--disable-programs
--enable-libopencore_amrnb
--enable-libopencore_amrwb
--enable-libtesseract
--enable-libvo_amrwbenc
ffmpeg/libav search path:
$PATH